Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, February 27, 1919, Page 10, Image 10
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By carrier, ten cents a week; by mail, J3.00 a year in advance. No pleasure is comparable to stand ing upon the vantage ground of truth. —Frances Bacon. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1910 THE WAR IS OVER THE war is over. The Demo cratic administration spent a lot of money wastefully. It made a lot of blunders. Its lack of preparation cost a lot of lives. The people know these things. They will learn a lot more of the same kind as time goes on. It Is the duty of the Democratic party to give a full account of its stewardship. It is the duty of Re publican Senators and Representa tives to point out these errors and failures. But it is very distinctly not the duty of Republican leaders at Washington to make Democratic faults and failures the basis of com ing campaigns. The people soon forget what is past. East Tuesday's weather may have been disagreeable, but who re members what it was? The Republican party has always been a positive, aggressive organiza tion with distinctly constructive pro-- grams of progressive policies in the foreground. The people of America are looking to the future. They do not trust the Democrats who re elected their presidential candidate on the slogan "he kept us out of •war" the while he and his party lcudcrs knew we were headed direct-! ly into the conflict. They are look-1 ing toward the Republican party They expect that paity to live up to its great traditions. They demand from it constructive statesmanship and practical, workable solutions to the great economic problems with which the nation is confronted. They want to know what the Republican party has to offer as a cure for the ills the war and a faulty administra tion have brought to us. They are more interested in the future than they are in the past; more concerned with what the Republican party will do than what the Democrats have not done. Wise statesmen, like our own Governor, see this trend, and are acting accordingly. What are you doing to relieve the great need for more houses in Harris burg? Every citizen who realizes the importance of providing more dwell ings has it in his power to help along the movement either by building the houses himself or encouraging those who have the means to do so under proper conditions. COAL ASSESSMENTS THE INCREASED assessment of coal lands has been the source of much satisfaction among public-spirited citizens. Equalization of the burden of taxation has been urged for years, and the fuel dis cussion during the war undoubtedly augmented the feeling that greater public revenues should come from the enormous deposits of anthracite in the northern section of Dauphin county. Whatever may be the final out come of the revised assessment fig ures, tt is certain that the county rev enues will be largely increased and the fuct that the commissioners have conducted the affairs of the county so carefully during recent years as to practically put it out of debt lias resulted in general commendation and given rise to confidence in- their judgment of the present situation. Not a single voice has been raised against Iho proposed city and county building and none will be when the situation is thorougnly understood. Years have elapsed since the matter was first broached In official way and row that financial conditions are sat isfactory there is no reason for fur ther hesitation. .The necessary legislation having the approval of the City and County Commissioners will doubtless bo en acted speedily by the Legislature, as the lawmukers on Capitol Hill are in sympathy with the desire of Hurris buig and the county of Dauphin to co-operate with the Commonwealth In muking the environment of the Capitol everything that it should be TTiUKbDAY HVfcmJNU. lin view of the comprehensive und dignified plans for tlie extension und treatment of the State grounds. So the revision of the real estate vuluation and the Incidental tux as sessment will meun the pluclng of Dauphin 'ounty in its proper rela tion to the government of the State. For years there has been a demand for better roads leading to and from the Capital City and there is also a reasonable demand for bridges and other county necessities. Now is the time of all times to provide these things and the rich coal lands will contribute the necessary funds with out seriously embarassing the gen eral taxpayer. It is reasonable to expect that things will move more rapidly from now on and that with the passage of the bills prepared by the city and county solicitors steps \ will immediately be taken for the important public work that shoulai follow. As the Harrisburg soldiers, most of whom are serving with the 28th Divi sion, are scheduled to come home in May, it is not too soon for this city to begin preparing for the real home coming reception which must be given all of the boys who have re turned since the end of the war. It ought to be a great day of welcome and good cheer for those who went out with the colors and who are bringing thein back with glory. OUR WAR HISTORY STEPS are being taken through the War Department at Wash ington and the State societies of National Defense for the publica tion of authentic histories of the great war and officers and others in authority are urged to co-operato in furnishing data for these publica tions. It's a good thing for Pennsylvania that a group of able historians has been chosen for this work and no State is more deserving of a real his tory—authoritative and interesting in every way—than Pennsylvania. This good old Commonwealth has responded nobly in men and money and the record ought to be complete and satisfying when it is finally made up. It must not be forgotten that the women of Pennsylvania played a large part in the war and no his tory will be wprth much unless and until the activities of the mothers and wives and sweethearts of the men who served in the various branches of the national defense shall have evidence of full appre ciation of their services. We may trust the men who have been selected to compile the official his tory of Pennsylvania in the war to remember the women who did so much in maintaining the morale of the troops and backing the boys who followed the colors. Wonder how many citizens of Har risburg stop to think of the con structive and important service being rendered by our Chamber of Com merce? Its work is done without any blare of trumpets, but the results are so important that it would be well for the business men of this com munity who are not identified with that organization to put their should ers to the wheel through its various activities. President Itussell and his associates are constantly on the job and are achieving much for the city and its important interests. A MATTER OF HISTORY IT IS a fine thing the War His tory Commission is doing in its effort to get a personal record of every Pennsylvanian who has en tered the national service. A war service record blank has been pre pared and nearly two hundred thou sand copies already have been cir culated. Of the thousands which have been returned to the files of the commission nearly fifty per cent, are accompanied with photographs, letters from the front or camp, and similar material. The commission is being assisted in distributing the blanks by the county branches of the Pennsylvania Council of National Defense, by local honor roll committees, by historical societies, by war welfare agencies and by local officials. If you have been in the service or one of your relatives is or has been, be sure he is on record. The commission will send copies of the blank to any individual or or ganization desiring to report upon soldiers, sailors, nurses and other persons who have entered the na tional service, and nobody interested should neglect the opportunity. Probably three hundred and fifty thousand persons have gone from Pennsylvania into the service. Some have entered the armies or navies of the allies; some have gone with the National Guard, or as volnteers; others have entered the service un der the draft acts. There should be a record of every one of these per sons. Some families have already removed from the State; and with changes in industry many more may go to other states or countries. It is important that the record of every one in the service be secured at the earliest possible date. E. M. C. AFRICA IN the death of E. M. C. Africa the Juniata Valley loses one of its most useful and public-spirited citizens. His many activities af fected Huntingdon, but his wider usefulness extended throughout the valley and the State. It is men like him who leave their impress on their fellow men. Mr. Africa was one of the enthusiastic advocates of better roads for Pennsylvania and his name will always be linked with the William Penn Highway. Let the good roads fork out from every corner of-this Capital city. And when the roads shall have been made first class In every particular, let proper signboards bo placed at every turn so that the tourist may have no difficulty in reaching the pivotal city of the Keystone State on the Susque hanna. Cn. "^4-Kn4i£&yaitia By the Ex-Committeeman "Members of the House of Rep resentatives are to be congratulated upon the manner in which they have been attending to business, both in committee und in the sessions of the House," said Speaker Robert S. Spangler, of the House, today In re viewing the work of the general as sembly." It is unusuul to pass third reading bills on a Wednesday at this period of a session and we have been able to clear many things out of the way. "The House has received 686 bills thus far and the number of measures in the hands of subcommittees for investigations and hearings, if need ed is greater than known at this ' n 11 s ® ss 'on, lam informed. The Chairmen of the committees have shown a fine spirit if co-operation and have been backed up .by the members. The attendance at the sessions of the House has been ex cellent." Chairman William J. McCalg, of the House appropriations committee, has sent out a call to heads of de partments and bureaus of the State government for their budgets so that he can start making up the general appropriation bill. It is probable that, if necessary, some hearings can be started on the estimates from the departments. The appropria tions committee is receiving from other committees bills carrying State funds so that there will be a list of every measure that makes any ap propriation in the hands of the finan cial end of the session. People at the Capitol were to day discussing the reported attempt to be made to have the Eyre bill to allow Harrisburg or any other third class city vote on a transfer of a loan previously authorized to an object to be approved by the voters amend ed so as to apply to all municipalities The scheme is said to be to have it tit a situation in Philadelphia. Just how that would be viewed by people in other cities is problematical. The Harrisburg conditions are unique and the case here really affects the whole state as Harisburg wants to do its share toward a monumental state improvement. —Ex-Senator Geoige W. McNces, of Kittaning. chairman of the State Geological Survey, was here yester day to see the Governor. It is said that the Armstrong man is somewhat disturbed over the plan of James F. AVoodward, Secretary of Internal Af fairs elect, to have the survey at tached to his bureau as a permanent branch of the State government In stead of being a separate commission. There have been two vacancies on the commission for some time and except for a couple of reports oc casionally not much has been heard of it. —-Philadelphia members of thte Legislature have formed a walking club named in honor of Senator E. H. Varo, the president emeritus. The club has John A. Dunn, of the farm ing region of Philadelphia, as secre tary and Deppold C. Glass as treas urer. The club forms at Front and Market at seven each morning- and hikes up the river front, enjoying the beauties of the Susquehanna and the fine river front Harrisburg has provided. It also gives an appetite for breakfast and a zest for work. —ln connection with Cox bill 26, extending the benefits of the Soldiers' Orphan Industrial School to orphans or destitute children of discharged soldiers nnd sailors who participated in the recent war. Governor Sproul said: "I am delighted to have an opportunity to do even this little thing to provide in the future for the children of the American citizens of the Keystone State who did their bit to save humanity from destruction. Xo doubt the School will be called upon in the future to duplicate the work it has been carrying on for the past half century, and I have no doubt but that if as good results are attained in the future as have been in the past, there will never be cause for regret in continuing such a worthy institution.' Famous Explorer Is Dead I From the New York Times] Capt. Theodore de Booy, the arch aeologist and explorer of previously unknown regions of Santo Domingo and Venezuela, died the other day at his homo in Yonkers, N. Y. Captain de Booy was born in 'llel levoetsluis, the Netherlands, thirty six years ago,- and came to the United States in 1906, being natu ralized ten years later. Besides ex ploring previously unknown regions inhabited by Indian tribes in the mountains between Venezuela and Colombia, Captain de Booy con ducted archaeological investigations in the Bahamas. Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Turks and Caicos Islands, Margarita, Trinidad, Martinique, Venezuela and the Vir gin Islands of the United States. Since 1911 he had been in" charge of the West Indian archaeological work of the Museum of the Ameri can Indian in New York city. Returning in April, 1917, from one of his trips. Captain de Booy brought with him a "swallow or re gurgitating stick" from the Virgin Islands, where he had spent several months in explorations. The "swallow stick" was believed to have been used in worship by a West Indian priest more than four hundred years ago. It was about five inches long, and carved from the rib of a sea cow, in the image of one of the West Indian tribal gods. It was said that there were only three other such sticks in existence. He also brought with him on this trip 4,000 specimens of pottery, stone axes, stone chisels and buriul objects, these being placed in the Museum of the Amer ican Indian. Where. Ex-King Manuel Lines Fulwell Park, where ex-King Manuel has lived since he brought his bride to England, five years ago, is a historic mansion, built mainly in the Georgian style. A part of it dates back to James 11, but it has been considerably enlarged from time to time, and now contains a magnificent suite of six entertaining rooms. Besides the nine-hole golf course, there are a number of ten nis courts in the grounds, for this is a game at which the ex-king excels There is good fishing in the Ulver Crane, on which also bouting is pos sible. Fulwell Park has been the home of many famous people, and Twickenham itself abounds in his toric memories. In 1800 Orleans House was the residence of Louis Philllpe, then Duke of Orleans— From the London Chronicle. Parable of the Fig Tree Now learn a parable of the fig tree. When her branch is yet ten der, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer Is near.—Mark xitl, 28. HAHRISBUR.G Tl£SsL£s. TELEGRAPH MOVIE OF A MAN TALKING TO HIS YEAR-OLD CHILD ON THE PHONE .... By BRIGGS ■ "1 r — f \ / MR. 6?arrs YOU ARE | \ WISH PEOPLE i, [WELL VNELJL WANTED OM THE I WOULD REFRAIN (S IT ! ? 1 RHONE- ON / FROM CALT-!M<B ME V BE I'M | E XTE NJ ,C,M OP- , \ J /NE'W.O TooOLUMT~~\ v ® W?P*? L °soT A ) r) BEEN PAPAS MC 6 \ / " U V CM \ K.AS FOR PAPA?/ — N ' / 'ITTUS MAW TODAY.) ( THAT ''/ \ PoPSY COME / —T/t \ //FY Pershing and the Y. M. C. A. (From the Phila. Ledger.) Those commanders "at the front" know best what went on there, and of all thesp most Americans will agree that General John J. Pershing is no minor authority. Hence, when the leader of the American expedi tionary force in France in relieving the Y. M. C. A. of its canteen and post-exchange work expresses his thanks for what that organization did under untoward conditions, the praise and the approval mean some thing. 'lt is to be remembered, moreover, that it was because the Y. M. C. A. took over this canteen work so that the army would not have to divert officers and enlisted men from "their paramount mili tary duties and functions of training and fighting." that Its relations to the men were both misunderstood and grossly misrepresented. That the Y. M. C. A. did a great and patriotic duty in accepting tills bur densome and difficult assignment must be admitted by any candid investigator, but if there be any who still have any doubts they must melt away in the face of General Pershing's indorsement. The final paragraph of this should be read and reread by all who are trying to get at the facts concerning the Y. M. C. A., since it is more than a note of thanks: it Is an explanation and a vindication. For, as General Pershing puts it: "In making this change, permit me to thank for the very valuable services and assistance which the Y. M. C. A. has rendered to the American expeditionary force in handling these exchanges. Handi capned by a shortage of tonnage and land transportation, the Y. jr. C. A. has bv extra exertion, served the army better than would have been expected, and you may be assured that its aid has been a large factor in the final great accomplishments of the American army." LONDON TO BAGDAD [From the Erie Dispatch] Before the war there was a fa mous continental train called the "Orient Express," running from Paris to Constantinople through southern Germany, Austria and Hungary. That train now has re sumed service. But it no longer runs through the Central Empires. It goes to Constantinople via south ern France, northern Italy and Ser bia. There is no longer through service from Berlin to Constantinople, and is not likely to be for a long time to come. This development is of special in terest in view of the well known Prussian plans for a through line from Berlin to Bagdad. The later terminus is now a million miles from Berlin, and even the only friendly half-way station Constantinopje is grown alien and far away. Britain and France, byway of natural pen alty for German aggression, have cut Germany off from the Orient. Britain will soon finish the Bag dad end of that famous railway, con necting it up with Constantinople and extending it on to the Persian Gulf. Before muny years, too, there is pretty sure to be railroad com munication between London and Paris, by means of a tunnel under the English channel. The German dream will then end in a "London to Bagdad" railway. And whatever of advantage or profit there may be in commercial domination of the East will belong to those who have deserved it. LABOR NOTES Patterson (N. J.) machinists have been granted a 48-hour week. Munition workers in Canadu have been allowed the right to organize. Over 200.000 women are at work on farms and in munition plants in Italy. / All the Delaware liver shipyards are now working on an eight-hour basis. Six per cent, of the total employes in the metal trade in England nre women. I.ondon bakers are demanding a minimum wage of sls per week of 4 8 hours. Electric railway workers in Butte, Mont., receive from 61 to 63 cents an hour. Thirty-six per cent, of the employ ees in British munition factories are women. Ninety-live per cent, of the electri ical workers in Toronto, Canada, are 'organized. .. , r ——————— _ > A Curtin Statue In the Park [From the Philadelphia Inquirer] t M HAMPTON TODIA under , whose direction as Attorney j General in Governor Edwin ! S. Stewart's Cabinet the Capitol graft I prosecutions were successfully con-! ducted, it develops, is the author if! the bill introduced in Harrisburg lust! week by Senator A. F. Daix, Jr., for j the erection of a statue of Andrew! Gregg Curtin in the rotunda of the ! Capitol. This proposition to honor the mem- ! ory of the great, war' Governor' of i Pennsylvania, who was affectionately j known as the "Soldier's Friend," isi already being favorably commented j upon. Mr. Todd has taken the matter up I with Governor Sproul and it is pro-| posed to have members of the Legis- j iaturo impressed with the sentiment: in favor of the bill,, which names the Board of Commissioners of Pub lic Buildings and Giounds, not only! to select the artist and have the j statue erected, but also to take' charge of the ceremonies incident to its unveiling. The sum of $20,000 is! appropriated to cover all expenses.} Governor Sproul is chairman of this* board. "I am advised." writes Mr. Todd, "that the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, of which Governor Curtin was an honorary member, will pass a resolution approving of the pro ject and many Grand Army posts I in the State will take similar action.] It is fitting and proper that this . statue should be erected in commem oration of the very great services of Governor Curtin during the Civil War. It was due to him, and to him alone, that the Pennsylvania Reserve. Corps was organized and was able to march to Washington to protect the capital after the first Battle of Bull Run, which was so disastrous! to the Union cnuse. He was known I through the United States as one of | the great war Governors and his] name was continually coupled with | I those of Governor Morton, of Indiana in rendering most efficient service in the suppression of the Rebellion. He was also largely Instrumental in es tablishing the Soldiers' Orphans' Schools, which after the war were so useful in looking after the educa tion of such orphans. "The erection of this statue." con cludes Mr. Todd, "will be an inspira tion and encouragement for those that are to come after in the perform ance of public duty." Senator Daix has received a num ber of letters from prominent citizens cordially endorsing the bill and is taking an enthusiastic interest in the measure. • * * Colonel Alexander K. McClure, than whom no one in public life wus more intimate with Gpvernor Curtin, in relating incidents of Curtln's sec ond campaign for election to the Governorship, spoke of the fear among Republicans of the loss of the election by reason of the fact that Pennsylvania soldiers then in- the| field could not vote. Most Of these] men, It was believed, would have supported Curtin. Wayne MacVeagh | of Chester county, was chairman of] the Republican State committee, ana although he was looked upon by; many as a "high brow," inclined to] literary work rather than that of a> practical politician, he surprised] every one with his tireless energy! and executive ability qnd he built upj a very efficient organization. His] work was carried on with a degree! of perfection that has rarely been! surpassed In politicnl management. I "The 75,000 soldiers in the field."] wrote Colonel McClure. "were gcncr-1 ally devoted to Curtin. They had learned to accept him and speak of] him as the 'soldiers' friend.' Every i Pcnnsylvanian in the field, however humble, who addressed the Governor on any subject, however, trivial, re ceived a prompt answer, bearing the Governor's signature, and always heartily aiding the soldier's wishes or fully explaining why they could not be acceded to. The Pennsylvania soldiers sick or wounded In a hospi tal, even though they wore fur oft in the Southwest, felt the sympa thetic touch of Curtin's devotion to the soldiers by the kind ministration of the Governor's special agents as- j signed to the task of caring for the helpless In the field. Ho had an nounced his purpose to have the State declare the orphans of the fall- I en soldiers to be the wards of the: Commonwealth und had won the personal affection of the soldiers by! this practical devotion to their In terests." • O 0 State Chairman MucVeugh solved the problem of making the influence [of the soldiers effective in the cam ; paign. The election was held early ]in October, a period favorable for [ military operations and few soldiers j had an opportunity to be furloughed ! home in order to vote. The others ' were disfranchised. MacVeagh got j in touch with every Democratic fum- I that was immediately represented I in the field and therewere thousands i of soldiers, officers and privates, who j needed no special appeal to make! them take up the cause of the Sol-! ] diet s' Friend in the contest. In their | midst, around the camptire, the ques i tion was discussed by the Pennsyl- I vania soldiers and according to Coio -111 el McClure. three-fourths of theni| 1 sent home the most urgent appeals | .to their fathers, brothers and friends to vote to sustain the patriotic and | philanthropic Governor as a matter jof duty in support of the soldiers' cause. The result, he says, was a I mute but omnipotent expression j from the men in the field that turned j the scales and made Pennsylvania, with not less than 30,000 majority of , Democratic voters at the polls, re-I | elect Curtin by over 15.000 majority, i George W. Woodward, of Luzerne, ■ then an associate Justice and after- | ward Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was Curtin's Democratic op ponent in that election. * o Curtin's early stand for the preser- I vation of the Union, made at *he I very outset of his first administration in his inaugural address, was an in spiration to the loyal citizenship of the country. • * * There is but one statue in what J may ultimately become Pennsylva nia's hall of fnme. the rotunda under I the dome of the State Capitol, t It is that of Matthew Stanley I Quay, who owed his advent into po | lltical life to Andrew Gregg Curttn. Tt was while Curtin was Secretary ! of the Commonwealth under Govern | or James Pollock, with Colonel A. K. McClure, serving at the same time as State Superintendent of Pub lic Printing, that a vacancy occurred in the prothonotaryship of Beaver county. ' Rev. M. Quay, a Presbyterian min ister, who had moved from Dills burg, York county. Pa., and Curtin were good friends. He wanted his son, Matthew, appointed to the Beaver county Prothonotaryship. Curtin took the matter up with the Governor, who. it is said, having a predilection for the Presbyterian church, soon made the appointment, i Young Quay forged to the front in Republican politics in bis home dis trict and displayed ability in leader ship to a remarkable degree. When Curtin succeeded to the Governor ship he made Quay his private sec retary. Later he appointed him to a colonelship of a Pennsylvania regi ment, and afterwards he made him military agent at Washington. D. C., It was at the battle of Fredericks burg that Quay /von the medal of j honor awarded him by act of Con . gress for bravery in action. • # • I The bitterness engendered in the ] contest over the United Slates Sena torship almost blocked the plans of .admirers of the Beaver statesman to j have a statue of him placed in the j Capitol. Even after the Legislature ; had passed an act creating a com l mission to erect the memorial and a j fine marble statue of Colonel Quay ] was completed, it was kept for two j years in a box in the cellar of the | Capitol, much to the disgust of his I friends. It was not until the succeed j ing Legislature passed an act making | it mandatory for the erection of the , statue that it was placed where it I now stauds, in a niche on the left of j the main stairway. There were ap propriate ceremonies at the unveiling at which David H. Lunc officiated as chairman of the commission which was named to erect the statue. * • I Should Curtin's statue be p'aced in the vacant niche on the other side of the stairway. In the Capitol, there would be a linking of two personali ties that will ever figure prominently in the history of the Keystone State. Curtin whose father cnnie from Ireland, and settled in Center county i was graduated in the Dickinson Law I School in 1837 and two years later I was admitted to the bar. He early : showed an aDtltudc l'Or politics and I was first a Whig nnd then a Rcpubli ; can. He was State Chairman of the : Whig party in 1854. Ho filled the of ! flee of Secretary of the Common wealth from 1855 to 1858, and in 1861, succeeded William Fisher Packer as Governor, which office he held for six years. President Grant appointed him tol FEBRUARY 27, 1919. be Minister to Russia, where he serv ed from 1867 to 1872. He finally linked his fortunes with the Demo cratic Party and served in Congress as a Democratic Representative from the Center county district from 1881 to 1887. In the closing days of his career he died in 1894, he was a frequent visitor to this city and matle his headquarters in the rooms of the Young Men's Demoeiatic Association on the northwest corner of Broad and Chestnut streets, where Presi dent Effingham B. Morris' Girard Trust Company now stands. Here in the overflow gatherings in the aftermath of the brilliant Jackson's Day dinners for which that quite aristocratic political or ganization was celebrated, Curtin would regale a select coterie of the leaders with recollections of war times, and of important political events in his remarkable career. William F. Harrity, William Uhler Hensel, Robert E. Wright, J. Mar shall Wright, Samuel Gustine Thom pson, John R. Read, John H. Sloan, Matthew Dittman and other Demo crats of prominence who have pass ed away and John Cadwalader Otto Wolff, Charles Edward Ingersoll, Col. A. M. Holding,, of West Chester, Wm. H. Doyle, Theodore F. Jenkins, Joseph P. MeCullen and others who are still living were among those grouped around Curtin and listened intently to his recitals of inside stor ies of men who had made their mark in public life in the State and the Nation. GERMANY'S WAR EXPENSE [From the New York World] On the basis of the figures of Dr. Scliiffer, the minister of finance, Ger many's war expenses were relatively far lighter than France's or Great Britain's. In a considerable meas ure this was due lo the puredness in which it stood in the early stages of the war. But, because of the blockade maintained by the British navy, Ger many was compelled to live and carry on the war almost wholly on its own resources. Of coal and iron, two of the main sinews of war, it had an abundance, for in addition to the German mine fields it was able to work those of northern France. Certain German financiers took satisfaction in boasting that their country was self-supporting, but the blockade, of which the se verity of the pressure steadily in creased, spelled economic and physi cal ruin for Germany. Germany's submarine campaign threatened to shut off the steady flow of food and munitions to France and' Great Britain, and the cost of their purchases and their shipping losses were appalling. The trans portation of large forces for distant operations called for enormous ex penditures. Germany, by reason of geographical position, was spared this heavy drain. It was able to save money, as compared with its enemies, in the conduct of the war. At $40,000,000,000 Germany paid a price for the war into which It plunged the world In 1914 covered only by the records of its national treasury. But It has lost its splen did navy, the best part of Its mer chant marine, its foreign commerce and every foot of its colonies, and it must still pay the indemnities and expenses of reparation to be exacted of it. These too must he reckoned ultimately among the costs. All in the Game A farmer on the street the other day had a sack of meal in his hands when he said: "Just look at this little peck of meal for which I paid sixty-live cents und which I used to buy for twenty cents. It is a dirty shame, the prices we must pay the merchants." He was asked if his only business In town wus to buy meal. "No," he said, "I brought In a load of tobacco and sold it at one of the warehouses." "What did you get for it?" was asked. "Forty eight a pound," was his answer. One more question was asked: "How much did you get for tobacco when you could buy meal at twenty cents a peck?" And he simply said, "A'ou go to hell," and walked away. From the Shelby (Ou.) Record. FA'ITU 1 have no faith of howling winds, Nor of the surging, billows sea; My love, I know, will vigils keep O'er stormy paths that wait for me. And so with song I greet the dawn, With hope I meet life's heavy hours. For the stormy paths that wait for me My love will change to bowers. Fra Guide. Ebpnittg ffilja Now that legal steps have t taken whereby the State has bec< the lease of the old Star-Indepe ent building at Third and Bin berry streets which has been modeled into an ofttce building is of interest to note that it is of the old printing establishmi of Harrisburg. The generations printers and newspapermen v worked in the old structure wt probably not recognize its inte now with its steel columns, c crete floors and other appurtenat of fire proofing to say nothing seeing an elevator in full flight wl men toiled up steep flights of eta ome of the old S-I people will member the store room on the floor and the fine view that could had from its windows to say noth of an hour or so of "draw" that ctisionally used to be indulged after the forms went down. The building dates from 1873 when B jamin Singerly, the Slate prin erected it to replace an older pr ing house which was burned on N ember 5, 1873. The site was on ?.. a V, le , 8 ., in the flfties and a er i tv 11 War was where Sanford's n strels held forth. It had a suci sion of amusement enterprises a the minstrels had laid their bo away. The fire was one of the wi n,l° Wl i 1" Harr is b urg for years J burned houses across the street. u af e rL y W , as a man of action and built the structure as we have knc it. Bane S. Hart secured control the building from the Singerly terests when he had the state pr! ng contract in 1878 and later on late B. 1-. Meyers became owner. "3 e are Koing to have a real at mobile run this sprlngr." said Carl Deen, who in years past has gineered a number of very succes! Camp Hill sociability runs have asked Clyde Myton to' fret gether a number of desirable rot for us and in a few weeks we ' select the towns to be visited and date. Of course we will not go u the spring is far enough advan to make traveling 1 pleasant and roads good. We will confine the v| tation list to Camp Hill and neighbors at Washington Heig who have been with us on previ runs, for the reason that Camp 1 automobilisls are growing so rapi in number the party would beco I®° W* if wo went outside, find there arc 68 automobile own in Camp Hill at this time." Cast y the run was called off on account the war. the Camp Hill men devot wL a " d mon cy which wo ha\e gone into the run to vari lines of war work. The Camp I lightfnf V s b . een years past a ightful feature of community >n ( amp Hill and have brought wv borou K h together it way that has proved helpful in mi ways and has resulted in many wa friendships. • • • The next big event In T. nr. A. athletic circles," said C Mill Physical director of the Harrlsbi 1 today, "will be the Internatio f roxathlon Meet for boys, in wli all of the boys of the Harrisbt gym classes will take part. The r ords we make will be matched w those of T. M. C. A.'s of our cl; all over the world and from thi the championships will be made j the local association i ready for the events and prom to show up well. Athletics at i , „?r e booming. We have just i in 200 more lockers, 160 for b< and young men and 40 for busine men. The classes of businessm are growing . Indeed if they | very much larger we shall have push out the sides of the Gym take care of them." —"Bowling is also coming li favor at the 'Y'," continued Mr. M ler and in a short time we shall hs a league going with six or elf teams. The association is in go shape to take care of these conte.< which promise to run well into t summer. Altogether, we are havi the most successful season at the i sociation we have ever had and particularly gratifying feature is t number of soldiers and returned s diers who are now making th headquarters with us." 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —M. L, Cook, former director works in Philadelphia, is taking active part in charter revision. —Dr. E. E. Sparks, president State College, says that farme week at the College is becoming o of the big spring events. —William Conner, Allegheny r ister of wills who was here yesterdi came to look over former leglslatl colleagues in action. —Senator-elect Richard J. Bal win, of Delaware, is a Quaker, t somewhat pugnacious in legislati matters. —AV. H. Benzhaf has been elect president of the Lycoming cour fruit growers. —Captain D. L Mook, of the AV department, is to address Lancas' Civic leaguers tonight on what t government is doing to halt liqt sales to soldiers. 1 DO YOU KNOW —Tlint Tlarrlsliurg sportsmen nre hlfe contributors to the StaU hunters' license fund every year? HISTORIC HARHISBCRG —The movements for a State on cd home for the Governor took fot during the civil war when the a of the present building was boug' GOOD POLITICAL SEN SI [From the Kansas City Star] Chairman Hayes of the Repub can National committee has a go working idea of what he is on t job for. He is charged with respo sibility for party success in 1920 a naturally doesn't propose to allow performance by reactionary Hou Republicans to wreck his chanci ( The election of James R. Mann spcukcr of the next House would a performance well calculated to i it. Mr. Mayes saw that. That' why he Is a good politician. I dropped in at Washington oce sionally and helped break up tl plan. That Is why he Is a goi chairman. By the way. Isn't it a little unusu for a great political party to have chairman who combines good poll cal sense with executive ability ai finds both not incompatible wi some notion of what the voters see to wunt and expect? Mr. Hay seems to bo such u chairman, his originality in these respec turns out to be not fatal to par well being maybe It will beqoi the fashion for parties to have th kind of a chairman right along.